Golf-bag.



No. 877,353. PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908.

S. A. MARKER.

GOLF BAG.

APPLICATION FILEDJ; N.14,1E07.

WITNESSES A. v m I H B) Armin/5y s. A. MARKER.

GOLF BAG.

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/\ W/TNESSES -'customary manner,-the wearing of the useful Improvements in Golf-Bags, of which ,srarnnu A. MARKER, OFNEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 14. 1907. Serial No. 352.088.

Patented Jan. 21, 1988.

i To all whom it may concern: 3 l

Be it known that l, ornsnnn'ii. lilannnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at i Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in golf bags.

The object is to iacilitatethe att chment of a bottom piece to the body port a of the bag, to strengthen the bag at the point wherge greatest strength is required,-which point is usually the point greatest weakness and generally to make the bag simple in construction. neat in appearance and strong.

My invention consists in a collar applied to the lower portion of the bag and having the bottom piece secured to it in such a manner that the fastenings are not exposed to wear; all as hereinafter described.

I will now roceed to describe my invention with rererence to the accompanying drawings in, which one fbrm of golf bagconstruction embodying my invention is illustrated will then point out the novel features in claims.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the complete golf bag; Fig. 2 shows a view of the bottom thereof; Fig. 3 shows a detail side elevation. of the lower portion of the ba Fig. 4 shows adetail oentrai vertical section of the lower portion of the bag, and Fig. 5 is a similar view showin an alternative construc tion. r

Much difficulty has been found in properly attaching the on is of golf bags. Frequently said ends have been secured to the body portion by. stitches passin around the bottom edge of the bag. It as been found that when so secured stitches soon'wear off as the bag is dragged over the, ground in the stitches, of course, being hastened by the fact that they pass aroun a sharp corner.

It is scarcely practicable to attach the bottom to the cylindrical body portion by cupping the bottom disk so as to provide an upturned cylindrical flange which will either receive or will fit inside of the cylindrical body portion, owing to the factthat in order to turn over such an edge, the flange of leather (or other material of which the bottom is composed) will crimp noticeably, if such edge or flange be of any great depth, and in any case, thence of very thin leather is necessary; also, it is in practice impracticable to use such a construction owing to the eX- treme' difi'iculty of sewing or otherwise fastening such a bottom to the body portion of 0 I the bag by a machine working from the op- .posite end of the bag. These difficulties I obviate by attaching the bottom to the body portion of the bag by means of a reinforcing sleeve; forming overturned edge or flange on 5 this sleeve instead of on the bottom piece, and either inverting such flange between the layers of the bottom piece, or turning it in under the bottom piece; and then fastening this reinforcing sleeve to the lower end of the body portion of the bag. This latter operation may be performed very readily, since the sleeve may be of any desired length, and fastening means may be used which are not available in the case of the short overturned edge or flange on. the bottom piece.

'Referrin now to said drawin s, ldesignates the body portion of the ag; 2 the said reinforcing sleeve; 3 the overturned flange thereof, and 4:, 5 and 6 separate layers so oi whichthe bottom of the bag is composed. The body portion of the bag is formed in the ordinary manner. The reinforcing sleeve is formed from a piece of flat leather or other suitable material by bending it into a cyling5 der of suitable size, fastening the ed es together so as to retain it iucylindrica shape and them; by methods well-known to leather workers, turning. over the lower edge of this cylinder s as to form an inwardly projecting 9Q flange or lip 3. The edge of this flancglei or lip is then trimmed to form a cylin cal opening. The several disks forming the bottom are then assembled, preferably in the manner shown in Fig. 4, with the flange 5 3 of the reinforcing sleeve interposed between disks and 6, disk 5 being a fillin piece. Through fastem'n s 7 of any suitabe type then secure the isks and overturned edge or flange of the reinforcing sleeve together.

Afterward suitable studs 8 and a lining 9 may be applied, and then the completed sleeve may be secured to the body portion 1, in any suitable or convenient manner, as

for example by the lacing 10. While the 05 prima purpose of the reinforcing sleeve is to faei itate the application of the bottom to the body portion of the golf bag, it incidentally greatly stren thens and stifl'ens the lower portion of t e bag,at which point sti'il'ening and strengthening is particularly desirable.

- fact that all of the bottom disksare inside,

sleeve, I may place all of the bottom 'As an alternative to the above method of,

.makin the bottom disk 4 (Fig.4), of-eonsiderab y smaller di'ameterthan the diameter of the reinforcingsleeve, so that the wear produced by dragging the bag upon theground will come mainly u on-the rounded edge 11 of the reinforcing s ee'ye, instead of upon the edge 12 of the disk 4.* .lt will be readily a parent that this rounded edge 11 is much better adapted to withstand wear than the edge 12, Which, being a cut edge, naturally Wears more rapidly than a round shoulder. In the construction shown in Fig. 5, the same object is attained owing to the the reinforced sleeve.

Havin, thus described what I c aim as nea is;

1. A golf bag comprisin a body and an end closure'there y invention,

portion or comprising a reinforcindg sleeveteleseopically receiving the end of sai body portion and connected thereto by its sides, and a bottom secured to said reinforcing sleeve inde endent of the. said body portion of the gol bag.

golf bag comprising a body portion, and an end closure therefor comprising a reinforcing sleeve telescopically receiving the end of said body Off/10D. and connected thereto at its side We ls, the lower end of said reinforcing sleeve being turned in and form- 'ing a flange, and a bottom secured to said endent of the said body portion oft e golf ag, I Y 3. A golf bag comprisinga body portion,

era es .and an end closure therefor com rising a reinforcing sleeveeonnected to the ower end of said body portion, the lower end of said reinforcing sleeve turned in, and a bottom comprising disks above and below said turned in ed e; and through fastenings connecting said disks and turned in edge.

4. A golf ba comprising a body portion, and an end 0 osure therefor com rising a reinforcing sleeve connected tothe ower end .of said body portion, the lower end of said reinforcing sleeve turned in, and a bottom comprising disks above andbelow said turned in edge, and. through fastenings connecting said disks and turned in edge, thelower disk of materially smaller diameter than the diameter of said sleeve.

5. A olf bag comprising abody portion, and

an en closure therefor comprising a reinforcing ,sleeve telescopically receiving the end of said bod thereto at its si' sleeve projecting beyond the end of the body portion and being turned radially inward orminga flange, and a disk-like bottom of smaller diameter than saidreinforcing sleeve portion and connected e Walls, one end of said secured tosaid flarlige independent of the body portion of the go bag.

6. A olf ba comprising in combination a longitu inal tn ular portion having its ed es at one end turned-in and forming an annular transversely disposed flan e, and a bottom comprising disks above an and through fastenin s 'conne'ctin said dis and flan e, the outer %isk being 0 materially smaller iameter than the outside diameter of said flange. I r

STEPHEN A. MARKER. In the presence of- FREDERICK GERMANN, Jr.-,

Arron M. PURVIS.

belovt said flange 8 

